C is for Circus Clowns
Sing a Circus Song, acting out the parts of a circus:
Lets go to the Circus
(Sung To: "Mary Had a Little Lamb") Let's all go to the circusThe circus today, the circus today
Let's all go to the circus, today
And watch a big parade
See the clowns all tumbling around, tumbling around
See the clowns all tumbling around
In the circus ring.
Lions and tigers jumping through hoops
Jumping through hoops, jumping through hoops
Lions and tigers jumping through hoops
In their circus cage
The prancing horses step so high, Step so high, step so high.
The prancing horses step so high
In the circus ring
.... Add Your Own Verses
Walking Through The Circus
I am walking through the circus (walk in place)
Happy as can be (smile real big)
I am walking through the circus (walk in place)
Just to see, what I can see (make binoculars with hands)
I can see the clown laughing (ha, ha, ha)
I can see the elephant, too (make trunk motion)
I can see the lion sleeping (yawn)
Look out (make binoculars with hands)... because he sees you too
Clowns are a big part of the circus. Tell children you are going to act like clowns and make your own clowns to add to the circus.
Activities:
Clown Fingerplays:
Funny Clown
A funny clown in a big tall hat
A funny clown who is short and fat
A funny clown so tiny and small
A funny clown with a nose so red
A funny clown with green hair on his
head.
A funny clown who is tall and lanky
A funny clown with great big shoes
Silly Clown
Silly clown, silly clown
with great green hair
Silly clown, silly clown
with a great big nose
Silly clown, silly clown
with two big shoes
Silly clown, silly clown
wearing funny clothes
Silly clown, silly clown
with a great blue suit
Silly clown, silly clown
with a spotted tie
Silly clown, silly clown
with great big glasses.
The Little Clown
This little clown is fat and gray
(hold up thumb)
This little clown does tricks all day
(hold up next finger)
This little clown is tall and strong
(hold up next finger)
This little clown is wee and small
(hold up next finger)
And this little clown can do anything at
all (hold up little finger)
More clown ideas from www.preschoolbystormie.com:
HAVE A CLOWN DAY:
*Simple Clown Hats: Children decorate pieces of construction paper with collage materials. Once dry, help them to form the decorated sheet of paper into a cone shaped hat. Scotch tape the overlapped edges of the cone together and help the children staple an elastic strap to it so it can be worn.
*Clown Faces: Place small round paper plates, crayons, markers, and collage materials on the creative art table for children to create clown faces (happy, sad, etc) on the plates. Provide various sizes of paper shapes (circles, triangles, etc) for eyes, noses, hats, and so on. If doing this indoors, you might want to hang clown pictures on the walls of the art area.
*Using face paints, decorate children's faces into the clown expression of their choice.
*Using tape, attach large red pom-poms to the children's noses for clowns.
*Play "Pin the Nose on the Clown."
*Balloons: Provide construction paper for children to cut out their own balloon shapes and glue them on paper. They can then dip string or yarn pieces (that have been cut in advance) into glue and lay them directly underneath their balloons to dry.
*Flannelboard Pieces: You can create your own clown and balloon shapes very easily from construction paper by simply cutting out basic shapes (squares, triangles, circles, ovals, etc), add felt to the back--instant flannelboard pieces.
You can then:
1. Make up clown stories involving sad and happy clowns (circles with frowns and smiles drawn on them).
2. Allow children to sort various sizes of balloon shapes (ovals and circles).
3. Allow children to create clown heads/faces from a variety of pre-cut, felt-backed shapes.
4. During group time, play a "colors, shapes, or positions" game, or combine the three: "Alice, place a red balloon "above" a green one." "Joey, place a blue clown hat "under" a round yellow balloon." And so on.
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